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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp last week

Also, right as I was coming home I saw a pair of mating thread-legged bugs (family Reduviidae, subfamily Emesinae) on the wall! I have only seen them singly before. They're extremely skinny assassin bugs with a mantis-like raptorial first pair of legs.

They're very hard to take photos of as they will try to get away from you and also do this shaky, juddering walk. (Camouflage?) Lots of better photos here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/213

#bugstodon#BugSex #insects #bugs #Hemiptera#Heteroptera#Reduviidae#Emesinae

45° angled photo of a pair of small long thin insects with legs so thin they're barely visible, on a stone slab. The female (bottom) has her first pair of legs tucked up; they're thicker and shorter, made for grabbing, like a praying mantis's. In the foreground are a few bristle millipedes, one very small.
45° angled photo of a pair of small long thin insects with legs so thin they're barely visible, on a stone slab. The female (bottom) has her first pair of legs tucked up; they're thicker and shorter, made for grabbing, like a praying mantis's. In the foreground are a few bristle millipedes, one very small.
45° angled photo of a pair of small long thin insects with legs so thin they're barely visible, on a stone slab. The female (bottom) has her first pair of legs tucked up; they're thicker and shorter, made for grabbing, like a praying mantis's. In the foreground are a few bristle millipedes, one very small.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

it's #WeevilWednesday, here's Acanthoscelidius acephala which I find on evening primrose. I'm obsessed with how their faces look like "^|^" from a certain angle when they have their heads tucked in!!

#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera #Curculionidae#Ceutorhynchinae

The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

it's #WeevilWednesday, here's Acanthoscelidius acephala which I find on evening primrose. I'm obsessed with how their faces look like "^|^" from a certain angle when they have their heads tucked in!!

#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera #Curculionidae#Ceutorhynchinae

The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil even more uncurled, flailing its clawed feet. (I put it back on the plant after this, don't worry)
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
The weevil in my palm, on its back, just uncurling from playing dead and reaching out one back foot to right itself. The way its head tucks into its thorax makes its face look like "^|^"
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
One of the same kind of weevil sitting on my fingertip, for scale. It's like 4mm long, tops.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
A very plump-looking mottled light brown weevil with a long snout inside the leaves of a primrose plant.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em!

These little bluish-black weevils were all over the cosmos in a park. Not sure if #Curculionidae or #Brentidae, subfamily #Apioninae.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera#Curculionoidea

Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
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@nev@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

It's #WeevilWednesday, post 'em if you got 'em!

These little bluish-black weevils were all over the cosmos in a park. Not sure if #Curculionidae or #Brentidae, subfamily #Apioninae.

#bugstodon #insects #beetles#weevils#Coleoptera#Curculionoidea

Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
Side view of the same kind of weevil on a cosmos stem, so you can see the full length of its snout. It has a grooved carapace with a blue sheen.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A head-on view of the weevil. It has large eyes and looks ridiculous.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
A blue-black beetle with a long snout which is mostly sunk into the stem of a cosmos just below a flower, held in my fingers.
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